Meals Banks throughout the Municipality of Chatham-Kent are getting an enormous serving to hand.
The CK ATV Membership is giving meals to every of the ten places after receiving donations and holding a meals drive at Chatham’s Actual Canadian Superstore.
On Saturday, folks might purchase premade baggage on the retailer for $5. Every included $10 to $12 value of meals and was given to the ATV Membership.
Vince Masse, president of the CK ATV Membership, informed CK Information As we speak the Superstore has offered premade baggage earlier than, nonetheless, they offered a report quantity this time round.
“I think the record was 376 of bags sold and we got 500 sold,” he mentioned.
All the luggage that have been made ended up being offered. Fifty baggage are being given to every of the municipality’s Meals Banks.
Masse famous in addition they have a trailer value of meals that can be divided up as properly. The ATV Membership was in a position to gather over $2,000 and used that cash to purchase the extra meals and hygiene merchandise.
“[The Superstore] made us up a load of food for $2,000. It was worth more than $2,000,” mentioned Masse.
Donations being given to one in every of 10 Chatham-Kent Meals Banks. (Photograph courtesy of CK ATV Membership)
He defined the generosity of the Superstore allowed them to donate roughly the identical quantity as they used to earlier than COVID regardless of not accumulating the identical quantity of funds.
